"Solange Knowles Solange Piaget Knowles (; born June 24, 1986), also known as Solange, is an American singer, songwriter and actress. Expressing an interest in music from an early age, Knowles had several temporary stints as a backup dancer for Destiny's Child, which featured among the members her sister, before signing with her father Mathew Knowles's Music World Entertainment label. At age 16, Knowles released her first studio album ""Solo Star"" (2002). Between 2005 and 2007, Knowles had several minor acting roles, including the direct-to-video """" (2006) and continued writing music for her older sister Beyoncé Knowles and for former"
"Group with Vocals and once for Best R&B Song. In 1990, Beyoncé Knowles met rapper LaTavia Roberson while auditioning for a girl group. Based in Houston, Texas, they were joined to a group that performed rapping and dancing. Kelly Rowland, who relocated to Knowles' house because of family issues, joined them in 1992. Originally named Girl's Tyme, they were eventually cut down to six members including Támar Davis and sisters Nikki and Nina Taylor. With Knowles and Rowland, Girl's Tyme attracted nationwide attention: west-coast R&B producer Arne Frager flew to Houston to see them. He brought them to his studio,"
"Destiny's Child Destiny's Child was an American girl group whose final and best-known line-up comprised Beyoncé Knowles, Kelly Rowland, and Michelle Williams. Formed in 1997 in Houston, Texas, Destiny's Child members began their musical career as Girl's Tyme, formed in 1990, comprising Knowles, Rowland, LaTavia Roberson, and LeToya Luckett among others. After years of limited success, the quartet were signed in 1997 to Columbia Records and Music World Entertainment as Destiny's Child. Destiny's Child was launched into mainstream recognition following the release of their best-selling second album, ""The Writing's on the Wall"" (1999), which contained the number-one singles ""Bills, Bills,"
"Destiny's Child Destiny's Child was an American girl group whose final and best-known line-up comprised Beyoncé Knowles, Kelly Rowland, and Michelle Williams. Formed in 1997 in Houston, Texas, Destiny's Child members began their musical career as Girl's Tyme, formed in 1990, comprising Knowles, Rowland, LaTavia Roberson, and LeToya Luckett among others. After years of limited success, the quartet were signed in 1997 to Columbia Records and Music World Entertainment as Destiny's Child. Destiny's Child was launched into mainstream recognition following the release of their best-selling second album, ""The Writing's on the Wall"" (1999), which contained the number-one singles ""Bills, Bills,"
"and, after singing at local events, LaTavia got her break when she entered the singing competition TV show ""Star Search"" with Beyoncé, Kelly Rowland, Tamar Davis and LaTavia's cousins Nikki and Nina Taylor. The group, then named Girl's Tyme were heartbroken after losing the competition to Skeleton Crew. Beyonce's father Mathew Knowles began to manage the group, and he changed the line-up as the group was then reduced to a quartet, with best-friend Beyoncé, Rowland, and Beyoncé's elementary school friend LeToya Luckett. The group underwent several name changes: The Dolls, Something Fresh, and Cliché. They were shortly signed to Elektra"
"""Miss a Meal"", a food-donation campaign, and supporting Goodwill charity through online charity auctions at Charitybuzz that support job creation throughout Europe and the U.S. In December 2016, Beyoncé was named the Most Charitable Celebrity of the year. Beyoncé Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter (; born September 4, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, record producer, and dancer. Born and raised in Houston, Texas, Beyoncé performed in various singing and dancing competitions as a child. She rose to fame in the late 1990s as lead singer of the R&B girl-group Destiny's Child. Managed by her father, Mathew Knowles, the group became"
"Leading Ladies (group) The Leading Ladies are a British-American girl group/supergroup formed in London, England in 2017. The group consists of three leading women from the London West End stage; American singer and actress Amber Riley, who starred in ""Dreamgirls"", British soul singer Beverley Knight, who featured in ""The Bodyguard"", ""Memphis"" and ""Cats"" and British theatre star Cassidy Janson, who took the leading role in """". The idea for forming Leading Ladies came after Beverley Knight was approached by her label East West to record a musicals themed album. She was not sold on the idea of recording a solo"
"a top-selling group, winning several awards include the Grammy Award, the American Music Award, BET Awards, and many others. ""Billboard"" magazine inducted the group into the All Time Hot 100 Artists. Following the departure of his daughter Beyoncé from the group, Knowles managed the solo careers of the other members of Destiny's Child, Michelle Williams and Kelly Rowland. In addition to his work in music, Knowles is also one of the executive producers of the 2009 movie ""Obsessed"", which stars Beyoncé. He is also executive producer of, and is featured in, two reality series: The UK's ""Chancers"", and MTV International's"
"and 2017 lists, and in 2016, she occupied the sixth place for ""Time""'s Person of the Year. With the release of ""Lemonade"", Beyoncé became the first and only musical act in ""Billboard"" chart history to debut at number one with their first six solo studio albums. Beyoncé Giselle Knowles was born in Houston, Texas, to Celestine ""Tina"" Knowles (née Beyincé), a hairdresser and salon owner, and Mathew Knowles, a Xerox sales manager. Beyoncé's name is a tribute to her mother's maiden name. Beyoncé's younger sister Solange is also a singer and a former backup dancer for Destiny's Child. Solange and"
"as lead singer. Watson said, ""there are two kinds of girl groups: those anchored by a superstar (the Supremes, Destiny's Child), and those made up of charismatic personalities endowed with limited individual gifts (Spice Girls, TLC). The Pussycat Dolls are neither – they're a brand, not a band. [...] 2005's multi-platinum ""PCD"" finds lead Doll Nicole Scherzinger in the spotlight, and she's no Beyoncé."" Scherzinger has claimed that she was responsible for both lead and backing vocals on the group's songs, with hardly anything sung by the other members. She commented, ""...people don't even know the story. I was in"
"of the Dreams, a female singing group based on the Supremes. With Knowles' wide role assumed in the production of ""Survivor"", Gil Kaufman of MTV noted that ""it became clear that Beyoncé was emerging as DC's unequivocal musical leader and public face"". Her dominance to the creative input in the album made the album ""very much her work"". For Lola Ogunnaike of ""The New York Times"", ""It's been a long-held belief in the music industry that Destiny's Child was little more than a launching pad for Beyoncé Knowles' inevitable solo career."" In the wake of Knowles' debut solo album ""Dangerously"
"a girl group to become a rapper and dancer, and was one of the many girls who got through. She met Beyoncé Knowles on the same day of the audition for the group and became best friends, singing and dancing with other local girls in which LaTavia and Beyoncé made a video for the song ""One Time"". She then met Kelly Rowland in elementary school after hearing her sing she told her to try out for the group which she did. Initially LaTavia was a rapper and dancer at the time and did not sing; subsequently she had vocal lessons"
"opening act for other established R&B girl groups. The girls auditioned before record labels and were finally signed to Elektra Records, moving to Atlanta Records briefly to work on their first recording, only to be cut by the company. This put further strain on the family, and Beyoncé's parents separated. On October 5, 1995, Dwayne Wiggins's Grass Roots Entertainment signed the group. In 1996, the girls began recording their debut album under an agreement with Sony Music, the Knowles family reunited, and shortly after, the group got a contract with Columbia Records. The group changed their name to Destiny's Child"
"signed as solo artists, but decided to work together after performing at the same showcase. While working in the studio, Buena invited her best friend Keisha Buchanan to watch them. Manager Tom decided the three girls were to be a trio, likening their different appearances to the United Colors of Benetton campaign. Originally dubbed ""the Sugababies"", the group's name was tweaked to ""Sugababes"" when they were signed by London Records in order to give the group a more mature image. The group's debut single, ""Overload"", peaked at number 6 on the UK Singles Chart in 2000 and was nominated for"
"topped the UK Singles Chart on 7 April 2013. At the age of eight, Amy moved to the United Kingdom after her mother's hair salon was burned to the ground and life in Sierra Leone became too dangerous. Growing up in the Catford area of southeast London, Amy formed her own playground version of American group Destiny's Child, named Independent Girls; before realising that—much like Beyoncé—she preferred the spotlight solely on her. From there she joined the Sedgehill School choir, taking lead on choral renditions of songs by Rihanna and Justin Timberlake, before being introduced to fellow teenage prodigy, MNEK."
"from ""The Bodyguard"" and ""Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"" from ""Meet Me in St. Louis"". The discography of the British-American girl group Leading Ladies consists of one studio album and two singles. Leading Ladies (group) The Leading Ladies are a British-American girl group/supergroup formed in London, England in 2017. The group consists of three leading women from the London West End stage; American singer and actress Amber Riley, who starred in ""Dreamgirls"", British soul singer Beverley Knight, who featured in ""The Bodyguard"", ""Memphis"" and ""Cats"" and British theatre star Cassidy Janson, who took the leading role in """". The"
"but decided to work together after performing at the same showcase. While working in the studio, Buena invited her best friend Keisha Buchanan to watch them. Manager Tom decided the three girls were to be a trio, likening their different appearances to the United Colors of Benetton campaign. Originally dubbed ""the Sugababies"", the group's name was tweaked to ""Sugababes"" when they were signed by London Records to give the group a more mature image. The group's debut single, ""Overload"", peaked at number 6 on the UK Singles Chart in 2000 and was nominated for a BRIT Award for Best Single."
"In 1999, they were ranked sixth in ""Forbes""' inaugural Celebrity 100 Power Ranking. They produced a total of nine number one singles in the UK—tied with ABBA behind Take That (eleven), The Shadows (twelve), Madonna (thirteen), Westlife (fourteen), Cliff Richard (fourteen), The Beatles (seventeen), and Elvis Presley (twenty-one). The group had three consecutive Christmas number-one singles in the UK (""2 Become 1"", 1996; ""Too Much"", 1997; ""Goodbye"", 1998); they only share this record with The Beatles. Their first single, ""Wannabe"", is the most successful song released by an all-female group. Debuting on the US ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart at number"
"15/16-year-olds. In fall of 1990, Beyoncé enrolled in Parker Elementary School, a music magnet school in Houston, where she would perform with the school's choir. She also attended the High School for the Performing and Visual Arts and later Alief Elsik High School. Beyoncé was also a member of the choir at St. John's United Methodist Church as a soloist for two years. When Beyoncé was eight, she and childhood friend Kelly Rowland met LaTavia Roberson while at an audition for an all-girl entertainment group. They were placed into a group called Girl's Tyme with three other girls, and rapped"
"of ""Survivor"". Browne suggested that her help made ""Survivor"" a ""premature, but inevitable, growing pains album"". In the majority of the songs on their final studio album ""Destiny Fulfilled"" (2004), the verses are divided into three sections, with Knowles singing first, followed by Rowland, then Williams; the three harmonize together during the choruses. Destiny's Child were compared to The Supremes, a 1960s American female singing group, with Knowles being compared to Supremes frontwoman Diana Ross; Knowles, however, has dismissed the notion. Coincidentally, Knowles starred in the film adaptation of the 1981 Broadway musical ""Dreamgirls"" as Deena Jones, the front woman"
"as the third most successful girl group of all time on the ""Billboard"" charts, behind TLC and The Supremes. The group's single ""Independent Women"" (2000) ranked second on ""Billboard""s list of the ""Top 40 Biggest Girl Group Songs of All Time on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 Chart"". ""Independent Women"" was also acknowledged by the ""Guinness World Records"" as the longest-running number-one song on the Hot 100 by a girl group. The term ""Bootylicious"" (a combination of the words booty and delicious) became popularized by Destiny's Child's single of the same and was later added to the Oxford English Dictionary in"
"pictures"". The Shangri-Las The Shangri-Las were an American pop girl group of the 1960s. Between 1964 and 1966 they charted with teen melodramas, and remain especially known for their hits ""Leader of the Pack"", ""Remember (Walking in the Sand)"" and ""Give Him a Great Big Kiss."" The group was formed at Andrew Jackson High School in Cambria Heights, a neighborhood in Queens, New York City, in 1963. They were two sets of sisters: Mary Weiss (lead singer) (born 28 December 1948) and Elizabeth ""Betty"" Weiss (born 1946), and identical twins Marguerite ""Marge"" Ganser (4 February 1948–28 July 1996) and Mary"
"the most successful albums of all time by a girl group. In December 1999, LeToya Luckett and LaTavia Roberson tried to split with their manager, Mathew Knowles, claiming that he was keeping too much of the group's profits and that he favored Beyoncé Knowles and Kelly Rowland. When the music video for ""Say My Name"" debuted in February 2000, Roberson and Luckett found out that they were being replaced with Michelle Williams, a former backup singer for Monica, and Farrah Franklin, an aspiring singer-actress. In July 2000, just five months after joining, it was announced that Franklin would be leaving"
"single, ""Wannabe"". Spice Girls The Spice Girls are an English pop girl group formed in 1994. The group comprised Melanie Brown (""Scary Spice""), Melanie Chisholm (""Sporty Spice""), Emma Bunton (""Baby Spice""), Geri Halliwell (""Ginger Spice""), and Victoria Beckham, née Adams (""Posh Spice""). They were signed to Virgin Records and released their debut single ""Wannabe"" in 1996, which hit number one in 37 countries and established their global success. Their debut album ""Spice"" sold more than 31 million copies worldwide, becoming the best-selling album by a female group in history. Their follow-up album, ""Spiceworld"" sold over 20 million copies worldwide. The"
"on both of the group's studio albums, with hardly anything sung by her fellow members. Scherzinger, who said that she did not want to get in trouble for her revelations, explained that the other members did not even hear the tracks until they were finished. Kaya Jones claimed that Scherzinger became the lead singer for the group because ""there was a lot more going on behind the scenes."" As she told TMZ, ""Nicole was always someone who wanted to be in the spotlight and would do pretty much anything to get it. [...] To call the other girls in the"
"The Girlfriends The Girlfriends were an American girl group who scored one hit in the United States in 1964, ""My One and Only Jimmy Boy"". The group was founded as a result of the splintering of the Los Angeles-based studio group The Blossoms. The four members of the Blossoms - Gloria Jones, Nanette Williams, Fanita James, and Darlene Wright - first sang together in 1957. In 1962, Phil Spector created the group Bob B. Soxx and the Blue Jeans with James and Wright; Jones and Williams then formed their own group, The Girlfriends, with Carolyn Willis (formerly of The Ikettes)."
"Belinda Carlisle Belinda Jo Carlisle (born August 17, 1958) is an American singer. She gained worldwide fame as the lead singer of the Go-Go's, one of the most successful all-female bands in history, and went on to have a prolific career as a solo act. Raised in Southern California, Carlisle began her music career in 1977 as the drummer of the Los Angeles punk band the Germs, and went on to join the Go-Go's as the lead singer after the band's formation in 1978. With their chart-topping debut release ""Beauty and the Beat"" in 1981, the group helped popularize new"
"""there are two kinds of girl groups: those anchored by a superstar (The Supremes, Destiny's Child), and those made up of charismatic personalities endowed with limited individual gifts (Spice Girls, TLC). The Pussycat Dolls are neither—they're a brand, not a band. This follow-up to 2005's multi-platinum ""PCD"" finds lead Doll Nicole Scherzinger in the spotlight, and she's no Beyoncé. As for the others, well... can you name them? Do you even know how many there are?"" As part of a ""Behind the Music"" special on Scherzinger's career, she claimed that she was responsible for singing both lead and background vocals"
"then in high school, had been singing as a group for several years. Unlike some black groups whose influences were based in gospel, the quintet was influenced by classical music and Latin hymns. Lead singer Arlene Smith had received classical training and performed at Carnegie Hall at age 12. She provided both lyrics and music. The girls were discovered by Richard Barrett, lead singer of The Valentines, and by the summer of 1957 they were signed to End Records, owned by George Goldner. Their first single was ""He's Gone"" (Pop #71) in August 1957, written by Arlene Smith. Released in"
"Beyoncé has sold 17.2 million albums as a solo artist, and a further 17 million albums as part of Destiny's Child. Beyoncé's career began as lead vocalist of Destiny's Child. She released her first solo album, ""Dangerously in Love"" (2003), during the hiatus of Destiny's Child. It debuted at number one on the US ""Billboard"" 200 and produced the singles ""Crazy in Love"", ""Baby Boy"", ""Me, Myself and I"", ""Naughty Girl"" and ""The Closer I Get to You"". With ""Crazy in Love"" and ""Dangerously in Love"", Beyoncé became the first female artist—and the fifth artist ever—to top both the singles"
"all-female backing band, Scarlet Fever in 2010-11. She is the guitarist for the band DNCE (with Joe Jonas as lead singer) which debuted in 2015. JinJoo met Joe Jonas in 2009, when touring with the Jonas Brothers Band. She is the only female in the band, and when asked about it said, ""It's the best thing ever...because they are very simple. Guys are so simple and easy. I don't know, I love working with guys. It's always been like that for my career. I was the only female in the band the entire time, so I'm very used to it."
"was announced that Dahye (now known as Migyo) and Danbi will debut in a four-member girl group called Love Us. On May 8, it was reported that Yujeong would re-debut in a new group in the second half of the year. Bob Girls Bob Girls () was a South Korean girl group under the management of Chrome Entertainment. The group consisted of four members, Dahye, Yujeong, Jina and Danbi. They debuted on June 10, 2014 with the single ""No Way"" from ""The 1st Single Album"". In February 2015, it was reported that Jina was diagnosed with encephalitis and the group"
"during the tour asking from fans to bring food. Rehearsals for the tour began in March 2007 and the performances featured music performed by an all-female band called Suga Mama chosen by Beyoncé Knowles and her father Mathew Knowles during auditions held before the release of ""B'Day"". The set list of the concerts included songs from ""B'Day"", ""Dangerously in Love"", ten shortened versions of Destiny's Child's songs as well as ""Listen"", originally recorded by Knowles for the of ""Dreamgirls"" (2006). Ten instrumentalists, three harmony vocalists and ten dancers backed Knowles onstage which also had disco balls hanging from the ceilings"